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@ARTICLE{Rosen:910208,
author = {Rosen, Jurij and Ceccon, Garry and Bauer, Elena Katharina
and Werner, Jan Michael and Tscherpel, Caroline and Dunkl,
Veronika and Rapp, Marion and Sabel, Michael and Herrlinger,
Ulrich and Heinzel, Alexander and Schaefer, Niklas and Ruge,
Maximilian and Goldbrunner, Roland and Stoffels, Gabriele
and Kabbasch, Christoph and Fink, Gereon Rudolf and Langen,
Karl-Josef and Galldiks, Norbert},
title = {{C}ost-effectiveness of 18 {F}-{FET} {PET} for early
treatment response assessment in glioma patients following
adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy},
journal = {Journal of nuclear medicine},
volume = {63},
number = {10},
issn = {0022-3123},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-03685},
pages = {1677-1682},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Rationale: In light of increasing healthcare costs, higher
medical expenses should be justified socio-economically.
Therefore, we calculated the effectiveness and
cost-effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET)
using the radiolabeled amino acid
O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (18F-FET) compared to
conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for early
identification of responders to adjuvant temozolomide
chemotherapy. A recently published study in isocitrate
dehydrogenase-wildtype glioma patients suggested that
18F-FET PET parameter changes predicted a significantly
longer survival already after two cycles while MRI changes
were not significant. Methods: To determine the
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of serial 18F-FET PET
imaging, we analyzed published clinical data and calculated
the associated costs from the perspective of the German
Statutory Health Insurance system. Based on a decision-tree
model, the effectiveness of 18F-FET PET and MRI was
calculated, i.e., the probability to correctly identify a
responder as defined by an overall survival ≥15 months. To
determine the cost-effectiveness, the incremental
cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated, i.e., the
cost for each additionally identified responder by 18F-FET
PET who would have remained undetected by MRI. The
robustness of the results was tested by deterministic and
probabilistic Monte Carlo sensitivity analyses. Results:
Compared to MRI, 18F-FET PET increased the rate of correctly
identified responders to chemotherapy by $26\%;$ thus, four
patients needed to be examined by 18F-FET PET to identify
one additional responder. Considering the respective cost
for serial 18F-FET PET and MRI, the ICER resulted in
€4,396.83 for each additional correctly identified
responder by 18F-FET PET. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the
robustness of the results. Conclusion: In contrast to
conventional MRI, the model suggests that 18F-FET PET is
cost-effective in terms of ICER values. Considering the high
cost of temozolomide, the integration of 18F-FET PET has the
potential to avoid premature chemotherapy discontinuation at
reasonable cost.},
cin = {INM-4 / INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {5253 - Neuroimaging (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5253},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {35422443},
UT = {WOS:000968142600011},
doi = {10.2967/jnumed.122.263790},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/910208},
}